WELCOME!!! This a monthly Art Challenge for anyone who wants to participate. Each month, I will post a poem written by me, and one or more photos relating to that poem. The photos will serve as reference photos for your artwork, which will be posted on WINDOWS TO THE WORDS ART. See complete guidelines on the right hand side bar. ENJOY!!!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

October Challenge...SCARY STUFF...Plus more

SPECIAL NOTE.... Please, please, please click on Enjoy the Ride in the top right of this page, and, well, Enjoy!!!

The September "Cats Up" challenge has ended, and some marvelous submissions were received....click HERE to view. My sincere thanks to those that took the time to participate. And THE WINNERS...........

The October ART Challenge is SCARY STUFF. I spared y'all the discomfort of posting Rush Limbaugh in Speedo's or Cousin Fred's bratty little kid dressed up as Spiderman. I left out cats, too, because Michelle Burnett's cat, Figaro's eyes are still following me around the room. What I have presented below are of a more mystical and serious nature, and may provide a quite marketable painting for you after the challenge has come and gone. These images are copyright free and I invite you to add to or remove from, any elements as you see fit.

AND..... ONE SPECIAL PRIZE. Of the submissions, I will make a random drawing for a greatly sought after, dearly prized, and world famous "JAMES' Tiny Treasures and Curiosity GrabBag" This will be a little box of surprises that I accumulate from my wanderings, put in a neat little box, and foist off, er, award to some lucky winner each challenge. Could contain durn near anything... collector's stamps, garage sale leftovers, precious mementos, old hundred dollar bills....well, maybe not. But, it's sure to be a lot of fun, if nothing else. So send them paintings on in.

THESE ARE THE REFERENCE PHOTOS TO WORK FROM.......

ANGKOR WATTAngkor Watt in Cambodia, has been one of my favorite places in the world for absolutely fascinating mystery. I've just finished reading James Rollins' "The Judas Strain" and now it is even more spooky.

PHOTOGRAPHERS.... The photo challenge for October is for seasonal scenes of anything we should be thankful for..... autumn foliage, family dinners, lovers in the park, squirrels feeding on nuts, nuts feeding squirrels, ...you get the idea. Send your jpegs to jpolderndirt2@yahoo. com by October 31.

Hello Jamesfirst I like to appologise for my late respond to your comment of my blog. I have enjoyed looking at your work and I truely enjoyed the way you are dedicated with free and wonderful inspiration to life. I basically believe that life even in the most simplistic form can be wonderful challenging and inspirational.I love to travel, nature,culture and all these things give me an insight to the world that we all living in.My work is inspired from life itself.I may not be as productive as some of my fellow artists but I love to paint. I like to hear from you and be in touch. I like to thank you again and regards from downunder.Ben

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Intro-Guidelines-Rules

THE WORDS I love to write corny little poems. So each month I will post one of my corny little poems. But then...................

THE CHALLENGEOn the First of each month I will post one or more photos that will relate to my corny little poem. You choose one (or two, or all, if you want to) ...do an artwork from that reference photo (oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, pen and ink, drawing, whatever) and send it to me (jpg, clear and sharp and sized) at windowstothewords@gmail.com by the deadline. I will post your art on Windows to the Words Art.

PRIZES For the most part, this is just a fun excercise...if ya feel ya need something for your effort, then come on over to Burnet, Texas and drop by my gallery. I just put on a fresh pot of coffee, and I usually have a stale donut or two around. However....occasionally, I get in a generous mood and award a small painting or a surprise package of my "Tiny Texas Treasures"

So I invite and encourage you to participate. I will try to keep the topics of a generally popular nature, so that your finished artwork will have "sales appeal" and maybe ya can get a few bucks for it on E-Bay. AND... If you participate...it helps me from feeling glum ;-)